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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

DNV Recommends V. Ships

Marine For ISO 9002

Certification

V. Ships Marine, Ltd. recently received notification from Det

Norske Veritas (DNV) that the company will be recommended for its ISO 9002 Certification. V.

Ships has been advised to proceed with the scheduling of its external audits for its vessels. With the successful completion of its ship- board audits, V. Ships Marine will then be recommended by DNV for its Safety and Environmental

Protection (SEP) Certification.

Waukesha Bearings Opens

German Office

Waukesha Bearing Corporation recently announced the opening of a sales office in Springe, Germany, to service its European customer base. Norbert Holscher, former- ly of Renk, was hired as sales man- ager-Europe in June to establish a sales office to manage customer technical support for Waukesha

Bearings customers.

New Hamburg Service

Station Handles All Ulstein

Products

A new Ulstein Deutschland ser- vice station opening in Hamburg has been handling all Ulstein products since July 1, 1997. This follows the takeover of Eller

Hydraulic Service GmbH by

Ulstein Deutschland GmbH, which is headquartered in Bremen.

Eller Hydraulic had been the ser- vice agent for Ulstein Brattvaag winches in Germany and for

Japanese crane manufacturer

Fukushima Ltd., until Ulstein

Brattvaag terminated its agree- ment with Eller in 1996 and entered into negotiations with the company's owner, Blohm & Voss, to take over Eller Hydraulic in

Hamburg.

Ulstein Deutschland is now tak- ing over all Eller Hydraulics per- sonnel and is leasing the compa- ny's premises and all its equip- ment. Eller Hydraulic will cease all business activities except the letting of buildings and the lease of equipment.

Walter Eller, former managing director of Eller Hydraulic, is join- ing Ulstein Deutschland and will serve as service manager in the

Ulstein Deutschland GmbH,

Hamburg office. Former Ulstein

Deutschland service manager in

Hamburg, Peter Reinhard, has been appointed contract manager and will work from the Bremen office.

Aker Appoints New

Manager

Harry J. Stelly has recently been named manager of Marketing and Sales at Aker Marine

Contractors' Lafayette, La. office.

Mr. Stelly joins AMC with over 15 years of prior sales experience with diving, pipeline, hook-up, fabrica- tion and heavy lift projects.

Shibata And Schuyler

Announce Joint Venture

Shibata Industrial Co., Ltd.,

Tokyo, Japan and Schuyler Rubber

Co. Inc. of Woodinville, Wa. have formed an alliance in North

America. The new entity, SSR

Marine Fenders Inc., will be based in Woodinville, Wa. The product line includes a full range of work- boat fenders, as well as fenders for piers, docks and all port facility applications.

Thrustmaster Hires New

International Sales And

Marketing Manager

Hans van Lingen has joined

Thrustmaster of Texas as

International Sales and Marketing manager. He will be responsible for the worldwide marketing and sales of the Houston-based compa- ny's line of hydraulically and mechanically-driven marine thrusters.

NREC Names Director Of

Engineering

Northern Research and

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